that cannot pass the house or the senate. >> chris: president obama and house speaker boehner continuing to play and replay their roles in the ground hog day drama of the fiscal cliff. we're back with the panel. so i'll keep asking for bret will ask this until we don't have to ask anymore. progress today? >> wasn't much. wasn't much at all. one possible way out for republicans on this is to agree to the buffett rule, which would set a minimum tax. 30% on millionaires and above. that way you don't raise them on everybody. what i found fascinating today is you look outside what is happening in the internal negotiations and you see pressure on the white house. nancy pelosi guess on an assault in an op-ed today about raising the age on medicare. we are not doing that. off the table. you see jay rockefeller, whenly waxnan the house saying do not touch medicaid, by the way is bankrupting the states and squeezing education money and school money. so they have taken those off the table, which leads maybe cost of living adjustment on medicare and social security. and not much else. so, i think th